Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Although the Bai family and the Ling family both lived in Ice City, one lived in the south of the city and the other lived in the north, so they were not very close. In addition, there was a Fulong River several dozen feet wide between them. In winter, they could walk directly on the ice, but now it was almost summer and the ice and snow had melted, so they had to dismount and take a boat.

There are not many boats in Bingcheng that can carry people across the river. Usually, a boat will only set sail when there are five or six people. Therefore, it takes about an hour just to cross the river, and two hours to go back and forth.

Bai Yixing paced back and forth at home, waiting anxiously.

It was almost evening when Hu Yong returned home.

Bai Yixing asked hurriedly: "How is it, what did Miss Shu Xue say?"

Hu Yong said, "Master, you must have made a mistake. How can the gift letter be given to the third young lady of the Ling family?"

"Who should it be given to?"

"Of course it's his father Ling Jiuhua?"

"Then what does father-in-law... father-in-law say?"

"Oh, don't mention it, I haven't seen Ling Jiuhua either!" Hu Yong said helplessly.

"Has the gift letter been sent out? This kind of thing is no joke!" Bai Yixing's heart was immediately in his throat. If the Ling family did not follow the ancient customs and did not intend to abide by the blood-lettered marriage contract, they had the support of the city lord, and the Bai family really could not do anything to them.

Hu Yong said: "It was sent out, and Ling Jiuhua's son picked it up."

"That's the same. When the father is not around, the son is in charge. It's the same if his son takes over." Bai Yixing's heart settled down again.

"But Ling Jiuhua's son didn't open the gift letter after receiving it, and... and he even laughed at our Bai family..."

Bai Yixing's heart, which had been settling down, was once again hanging in the air. He asked, "Why isn't he looking? What is he laughing at us for?!"

Hu Yong's face turned a little awkward, and he said, "He...he laughed at us, the Bai family, for wanting to eat swan meat. Even after all this, he still wanted to marry his third sister."

"Then what do you say?"

"What can I say? I can only say that our master is not a toad, but a jade toad in the ice cave, which is even rarer than a swan!"

When Bai Yixing heard Hu Yong say such nonsense, he wanted to beat him up, but at the moment many places needed him to run errands, so he had to hold back.

Said: "Whether they read the gift letter or not, we will go to propose marriage on time the day after tomorrow!"

Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he said, "Go and call all my good friends, and have them go with us the day after tomorrow. After we succeed, I'll treat everyone to a drink and dinner at the best restaurant!" He paused, and then said, "Whether we succeed or not, I'll treat them to a dinner at the best restaurant!"

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

At daybreak, Bai Yixing led his new and old friends, adults and children who usually played together, as well as his own servants, maids, helpers, etc., a total of nearly two hundred people, riding on big and small horses, carrying big and small loads, and pulling big and small carts, and they all marched towards the Ling family in the north of Bingcheng in a mighty manner.

When they arrived at the Fulong River, there were already more than a dozen ships of various sizes waiting on the river bank. The Bai family's own four cargo ships were all pulled over to carry people and gifts.

Although the cargo ship was large, it carried a lot of gifts, horses, vehicles, etc. It took three trips back and forth to get all the people to the other side of the river.

When we arrived at the Ling family, it was already past midnight.

A servant of the Ling family saw a large group of people stopping outside the gate. The one leading them had a cold iron sword hanging from his waist and was wearing a blue brocade robe. He looked dignified and graceful, and his eyes were like two bright lightning bolts.

The rest of the people were either riding horses or standing, and they seemed to have weapons or something hidden behind them. The servants of the Ling family were immediately horrified, slammed the door shut, turned around and ran into the yard, shouting: "Master, Young Master, it's bad, bandits are coming to rob our Ling family..."

Bai Yixing quickly said, "I'm here to propose marriage to your Third Miss, not a bandit!"

But the servant had already run into the house and did not hear him.

The adults and children around Bai Yixing burst into laughter and teased him, "General Bai, we will follow you to conquer the Ling family this time. What kind of official positions do you plan to give us? Haha..."

Bai Yixing frowned and said, "Shu Xue's elder brother is the governor of Bingcheng, with thousands of soldiers under his command. Please don't make such jokes."

However, everyone was used to playing pranks with him, so they were not willing to listen to what he said and continued to make jokes.

Soon, a clanging sound was heard in the yard, and Ling Jiuhua came out of the house in a menacing manner, followed by a large group of servants and guards holding knives, guns, sticks and clubs. As he walked, he shouted: "Where did this thief come from? How dare you set your sights on my Ling family? How dare you be so bold?!"

Bai Yixing immediately said, "Uncle Ling, it's me, Bai Yixing. I'm here to propose marriage to the Third Miss today, not to rob her."

Ling Jiuhua also recognized Bai Yixing and was obviously stunned for a moment. He said angrily: "What marriage proposal? Who asked you to propose marriage? You brought so many people here, how can this be called a marriage proposal?!" He asked three questions in a row, obviously anxious and angry.

Bai Yixing thought to himself that your son Ling Qiyun, that bastard, really didn't show you the gift letter. No wonder you and the servants in your family didn't know that we came to propose marriage today.

He said, "Uncle Ling, I sent someone to deliver a gift letter three days ago, and it was Brother Qiyun who received it. I guess he had so many things to do that he forgot about this important matter." He described his proposal as the "important matter", so naturally Ling Qiyun's other matters were not important matters. This was revenge for his rudeness to the Bai family.

Ling Jiuhua said with a cold face: "If it is really a serious matter, Qi Yun would not have told me! Besides, you brought so many people here, it is obvious that you are here to cause trouble, not to propose marriage?! What kind of marriage can our Ling family propose to you?!"

Bai Yixing was furious. Your son Ling Qiyun is a bastard. I didn't expect that you, as a father, are even more of a bastard. Since you don't care about the friendship between us, don't blame me.

He said, "Uncle Ling signed a blood marriage contract with my father eighteen years ago. Could it be that you forgot? This was written with the blood from the fingers of you two elders..." As he spoke, he pretended to take out the rolled-up marriage contract from his arms, but he only dared to show the end that was not burned.

Signing such a marriage contract written in blood is not a very glorious thing, especially for the girl's family, as it may be seen as currying favor, so they are generally unwilling to talk about such things.

Ling Jiuhua's slightly blue face immediately turned purple-red, and he stammered, "Yes... that's what happened, but... but I was drunk at the time, this... this..."

Bai Yixing said, "Uncle Ling, no matter what the situation was, this marriage contract written in blood has been signed. Not only have I read what is written on it, but all my friends around me have also read it. Our Bai family keeps its promise and came here today to propose marriage to the Third Miss."